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Social Statistics for Leelanau County, Michigan

Leelanau county michigan dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

5,224

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

290

5.6

Kindergarten

267

5.1

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

2,549

48.8

High school (grades 9-12)

1,349

25.8

College or graduate school

769

14.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

14,785

100.0

Less than 9th grade

404

2.7

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

966

6.5

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

3,912

26.5

Some college, no degree

3,532

23.9

Associate degree

1,335

9.0

Bachelor's degree

2,913

19.7

Graduate or professional degree

1,723

11.7

Percent high school graduate or higher

90.7

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

31.4

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

16,926

100.0

Never married

3,323

19.6

Now married, except separated

11,079

65.5

Separated

143

0.8

Widowed

1,015

6.0

Female

801

4.7

Divorced

1,366

8.1

Female

747

4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

200

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

68

34.0

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

15,960

100.0

Civilian veterans

2,623

16.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

4,689

100.0

With a disability

310

6.6

Population 21 to 64 years

11,626

100.0

With a disability

1,579

13.6

Percent employed

63.1

(X)

No disability

10,047

86.4

Percent employed

79.3

(X)

Population 65 years and over

3,579

100.0

With a disability

1,215

33.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

20,044

100.0

Same house in 1995

12,276

61.2

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

7,581

37.8

Same county

2,560

12.8

Different county

5,021

25.0

Same state

3,593

17.9

Different state

1,428

7.1

Elsewhere in 1995

187

0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

21,119

100.0

Native

20,650

97.8

Born in United States

20,544

97.3

State of residence

16,264

77.0

Different state

4,280

20.3

Born outside United States

106

0.5

Foreign born

469

2.2

Entered 1990 to March 2000

180

0.9

Naturalized citizen

217

1.0

Not a citizen

252

1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

469

100.0

Europe

178

38.0

Asia

59

12.6

Africa

0

0.0

Oceania

0

0.0

Latin America

166

35.4

Northern America

66

14.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

20,044

100.0

English only

18,932

94.5

Language other than English

1,112

5.5

Speak English less than 'very well

305

1.5

Spanish

589

2.9

Speak English less than "very well"

216

1.1

Other Indo-European languages

368

1.8

Speak English less than "very well"

61

0.3

Asian and Pacific Island languages

42

0.2

Speak English less than "very well"

11

0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

21,119

100.0

Total ancestries reported

26,012

123.2

Arab

15

0.1

Czech1

681

3.2

Danish

167

0.8

Dutch

867

4.1

English

3,256

15.4

French (except Basque)1

1,844

8.7

French Canadian1

564

2.7

German

6,132

29.0

Greek

61

0.3

Hungarian

118

0.6

Irish1

2,813

13.3

Italian

652

3.1

Lithuanian

50

0.2

Norwegian

774

3.7

Polish

2,336

11.1

Portuguese

17

0.1

Russian

102

0.5

Scotch-Irish

388

1.8

Scottish

792

3.8

Slovak

20

0.1

Subsaharan African

2

0.0

Swedish

548

2.6

Swiss

116

0.5

Ukrainian

86

0.4

United States or American

907

4.3

Welsh

196

0.9

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

2

0.0

Other ancestries

2,506

11.9

(X) Not applicable.1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.